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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 17
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David pleads with the Lord to hear his voice, and to preserve him from men of the world—The righteous shall see the Lord’s face and awake with his righteousness.
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<center><span class='small'>A PRAYER OF DAVID.</span></center>
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Hear</span> the right, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, <i>that goeth</i> not out of feigned lips.
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Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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Thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Test, Try, Prove.">proved</a> mine heart; thou hast visited <i>me</i> in the night; thou hast tried me, <i>and</i> shalt find nothing; I am purposed <i>that</i> my mouth shall not transgress.
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Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept <i>me from</i> the paths of the destroyer.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 133.">Hold</a> up my goings in thy paths, <i>that</i> my footsteps slip not.
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, <i>and </i><sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR answer."><i>hear</i></a> my speech.
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Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust <i>in thee</i> from those that rise up <i>against them.</i>
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Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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From the wicked that oppress me, <i>from</i> my deadly enemies, <i>who</i> compass me about.
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They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR to cast us to earth.">bowing</a> down to the earth;
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Like as a lion <i>that</i> is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Arise, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR by."><i>which</i></a> is thy sword:
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From men <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/14a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR by."><i>which</i></a> are thy hand, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, from men of the world, <i>which have</i> their <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/17/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 73: 12.">portion</a> in <i>this</i> life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid <i>treasure:</i> they are full of children, and leave the rest of their <i>substance</i> to their babes.
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As for me, I will behold thy face in <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/17/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a>: I shall be satisfied, when I <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/17/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Resurrection.">awake</a>, with thy likeness.
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